Filed Date: Sept. 23, 2008
Closed Date: 2010
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On September 23, 2008 a group of disabled individuals who were receiving home-based care filed suit against the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration and the Bureau of TennCare in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. They alleged that the defendants were violating that Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act by moving to reduce or eliminate their home-based nursing services. They claimed that these reductions were being made without regard for their health needs and would deprive them of needed nursing services and force them into institutionalized care, even though they had been approved for home care and institutionalized care would be detrimental to their health and well-being. The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief that would preserve their current home-based care until the new program for providing home-based care was made fully available to them.
The plaintiffs also filed a motion for a preliminary injunction on September 23, 2008. On December 19, 2008 the court (Judge William J. Haynes Jr.) entered a preliminary injunction ordering the defendants to refrain from cutting the current home-based services provided to plaintiffs, conduct an individualized assessment of the needs of each plaintiff, and then determine whether nursing homes would provide the services the plaintiffs required. Subsequently additional plaintiffs intervened in order to receive similar relief and the parties engaged in litigation regarding cuts to the home-based care of individual plaintiffs. The case concluded on January 22, 2010 when the court (Judge Haynes) entered an agreed order of dismissal pursuant to a settlement agreement reached by the parties. The details of the settlement are not known.
Summary Authors
Michael Perry (3/10/2011)
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Campbell, Todd J. (Tennessee)
Echols, Robert L. (Tennessee)
Abelow, Michael G. (Tennessee)
Croce, Lenny L. (Tennessee)
Cooper, Charles Justin (District of Columbia)
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State / Territory: Tennessee
Case Type(s):
Public Benefits/Government Services
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Key Dates
Filing Date: Sept. 23, 2008
Closing Date: 2010
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
A group of disabled individuals receiving community based care.
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Public Interest Lawyer: Yes
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration (Nashville, Davidson), State
Bureau of TennCare (Nashville, Davidson), State
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.
Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act), 29 U.S.C. § 701
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Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
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